High-water mark
331.9200
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 331.9200 at Trekking for CDH — 92.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 13, 2025
My3Sons BBQ
My3Sons BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 27 at the Trekking for CDH (2026). They are ranked #2706 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 27, 2024
latest Sep 19, 2026 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.18
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.74 · weakest Chicken (164.30)
Road miles
65
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
327.81 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #233 (145 pts) | #208 (190 pts) | #278 (115 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | — | #763 (215 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #217 (190 pts) | #220 (200 pts) | #138 (464 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #687 (269 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #255 (164 pts) | #239 (184 pts) | #177 (304 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to My3Sons BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with My3Sons BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before My3Sons BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before My3Sons BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before My3Sons BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven Thirteen Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin A's | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Stooges Barbeque | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Mulkey's BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Snake Holler BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Ruthless Hogs BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| 1Bite Stand | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 153.0628 | 164.30 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 177.7028 | 152.5372 | 166.74 | top 35% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trekking for CDH | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 43% | Sep 19, 2026 |
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 58% | Jul 26, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 1 win · 5 calls
Opponents faced
132
finished ahead 120 times, behind 144
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 13, 2025 → Sep 19, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- First overall top-10 Trekking for CDH
- Peak power rating (1513) Trekking for CDH
- Most recent contest Trekking for CDH
20253 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best overall score331.9200 Trekking for CDH
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.4916 Trekking for CDH
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.5 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 19, 2026 |
| +4.4 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 13, 2025 |
| +0.3 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 26, 2025 |
| -0.2 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 14, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 54% | 92.2% | 91.6% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 91.2% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 7 / 27 (329.0516) | 4 (167.3944) | 10 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2026 | Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS) Pierron, IL | — | — | 3 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 13 / 27 (331.9200) | 14 (165.6800) | 10 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS) Pierron, IL | — | — | 1 (177.7028) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 19 / 32 (327.3600) | 16 (165.7144) | 21 (161.6456) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 19 / 35 (328.4916) | 24 (153.0628) | 2 (175.4288) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 19 / 34 (322.2056) | 10 (169.6684) | 25 (152.5372) | — | — |